Burning Souls

This is a Soul Calibur / Mortal Kombat Crossover. Hopefully I won't unbalance this so it is seen as Mortal Kombat or Soul Calibur biased. This is the prologue, if it is well received; this could get longer than I had planned. In Mortal Kombat terms this takes place not long after the rise of the Dragon King in Deception. Some of the events that took place in Deception and are going to take place in Armageddon may become blurred.

The reason I thought of this is because I thought it would make a good story. I won't be using Earthrealm (as a location) at all because the Soul Calibur characters won't look right in modern day Earth. Whereas Outworld and Edenia they wouldn't if you catch my drift. Enough talk. Read on...

Location: Chaos (Spiritual Realm)

His ultimate death failed his plan to use both the power of Soul Edge and Soul Calibur to grant his death in ruins. From the Lost Cathedral he was now sucked up into the desolate plains known as Chaos. The loneliness and vastness of space, he would now have an eternity to wander the darkest depths of this place.

Then...A strong spiritual energy coming from what appeared to be to a hole in space. Zasalamel thought it could be Earth and dived towards the hole. He was very wrong. The hole almost ripped his body apart. But still he gripped onto his scythe tightly.

Location: Unknown.

When he landed on to the cold concrete, he almost kissed the ground. But he looked up at the two beings of tremendous energy. Zasalamel didn't know what to do and said nothing that might offend these beings. Eventually after a couple of moments one of them spoke ``Who...Are...You?'' the blue one boomed. ``My name is Zasalamel, a cursed immortal, where am I? Am I in heaven?'' he stuttered. The Yellow one laughed ``I know what you did to get here...I don't think you are going there! This is the Nexus, Something that we Elder Gods created for our own use.'' Zasalamel stood up from the ground ``This is unbelievable'' he muttered ``How...how...do I get back home?'' It was the blue ones turn to laugh at Zasalamel ``How do you suggest you go some 300 years in the past?'' they both cackled. ``For beings of infinite knowledge, you don't know a lot...'' They both instantly stopped laughing and stared at Zasalamel. ``Watch your foolish tongue!'' the blue one boomed. ``There is a way to gain passage to your own time. But we don't have that power'' the yellow one explained. ``Yes only the Elder God of Time would know how to do that'' the blue one nodded. Zasalamel's eyes widened ``how do I speak to him?'' he asked. ``Well, that's the hard part...generally he wanders across the realms observing. You would have to attract him to you really.'' The yellow one shrugged.

Zasalamel sighed and slumped into a corner. ``The strange thing is that you aren't the first one to go time travelling'' The blue one murmured. ``What!?!'' gasped Zasalamel. ``Oh yeah, several others have been popping up in Outworld and Edenia. Some were some of the most evil I had ever sensed before.'' He giggled. ``Was there a monster wearing Azure Armour?'' Zasalamel asked. ``Alas I can't be too sure on details, but he did turn up in Outworld.'' The blue one giggled again. ``Which one of these is the path to Outworld?'' Zasalamel asked again. ``The purple one...'' The yellow one said ``I would be very careful if I was you. Outworld can be quite dangerous!'' Zasalamel walked towards the purple portal, stopping only to say thank you to the beings. And in a lightning flash later the robed warrior was gone.

``Very clever Shang, changing our appearance so we are seen as gods to the poor fool! Plus he must have sensed all of your trapped souls as spiritual power!'' Laughed the yellow one! They changed back to their true form. ``Thank you Quan, but if it wasn't you translating those rune stones you found in the Netherrealm, we would have never have known about Soul Edge and its powers and those events that wiped people from history.'' Shang Tsung said as he was dusting himself off. ``Enough! This love in is sickening!'' A flash appeared and Raiden was standing in front of the Deadly Alliance. ``Did he fall for it?'' He asked them. They simply nodded at Raiden. ``Good, now we let Nightmare and Zasalamel destroy our enemies and then I will return them to their true time and hope that those other visitors won't get in the way.'' ``They won't, The Red Dragon will make sure of it.'' Smirked Quan Chi. Shang Tsung looked worried ``What if Nightmare becomes too strong, we all remember Onaga...'' he grumbled. ``You better not back out...or our deal is off and you will spend an eternity rotting in the Netherrealm.'' Raiden snapped. ``I know, I know...'' he sighed.

Location: Outworld Portal.

Zasalamel dived out of the portal. He landed onto the ground face first. ``Ugh I am going have to get used to this'' He complained whilst dusting himself of. He looked around staring at a dark, dead place. The ground was a hard and purple. The trees looked burnt. The people were mostly quiet, whilst trying to avoid the Tarkartan monsters, they wore basic clothes but they also looked human. There was a place where people were walking in and out. He looked at the sign hanging outside of it. ``The Black Tail Inn'' There was also a picture of what appeared to be a man on a horse body in the middle of the sign. ``Strange, how would these people know of my world's mythology?'' Zasalamel thought to himself as he walked through.

The inn was busy. A large man in a beard was sitting in a corner near the door. ``Excuse me...'' said Zasalamel to the gentleman. ``Yes...'' said the man whilst turning towards Zasalamel. ``Have you heard of any rumours of a Knight with blue armour?'' he asked. ``To be honest no but you appear to be new here. My name is Bo Rai Cho.'' he said smiling. ``Oh, great!'' sighed Zasalamel. ``You look like you need a drink! Kaa three drinks over here!'' he said in between chuckles. ``Three but there is only me and you!'' Zasalamel put in. ``So I'm seeing double, but it would be a shame to let this to go to waste!'' Bo Rai Cho laughed. The two warriors chatted long into the night.

``Time gentlemen please!'' called the innkeeper. ``What about the ladies?'' said some drunken women ``You, ladies? Don't make me laugh!'' said the innkeeper. ``Have you got a place to sleep Zasalamel?'' asked Bo Rai Cho, ``Well...'' ``Of course not, you have to stay with me!'' interrupted Bo Rai Cho. ``Yeah I guess so'' said the now spaghetti legged Zasalamel. They staggered to where Bo Rai Cho was resting. There was an army of four armed monsters resting at the camp. Zasalamel was amazed to learn that these were native to this land and not the product of sorcery. Zasalamel conked out onto the first bed there was to sleep off the alcohol that Bo Rai Cho had gotten him.

The next morning, Bo Rai Cho took Zasalamel too meet some of the troops: Li Mei a beautiful warrior who wore violet clothes and silver armour, Kenshi who was a blind swordsman, Sub Zero who was the leader of something called the Lin Kuei and finally Princess Kitana who many had feared was dead after the raid on Shang Tsung's palace grounds. She was wearing black and pink/purple clothes and had a pink veil on. ``Why do you wear that veil around your face?'' inquired Zasalamel. ``None of your business!'' she replied in a voice that was very aggressive and gruff for someone of her slight build. Bo Rai Cho explained that it might have been the fact that her face was scarred after the attack but no one really knew for sure.

There was a stone with some names carved into it. Sonya Blade, Major ``Jax'' Briggs, Goro, Kung Lao...Bo Rai Cho explained that those were the names of the warriors that fell to the Dragon King, There were some others on there. Bo Rai Cho explained what they were up against. ``The Tarkartan are a race of warriors that enjoy fighting. They are mutants; they will loyally follow anyone in power. Outworld has been a place in turmoil for the last couple of years. Shao Kahn had ruled for a long time before being overthrown by Earthrealm warrior Lui Kang. He managed to escape death and hidden himself away from enemies while he plotted his return. But two sorcerers: Quan Chi and Shang Tsung killed him and Lui Kang to take over the realms. And now the Dragon King has returned to rule Outworld. We will have to keep on fighting for now...'' He sighed. ``Our enemies keep on popping up from nowhere!'' Bo Rai Cho added.

Then some people ran up to them ``HELP! The Black Tail Inn is under attack...'' they wailed ``By whom... Tarkartan again?'' asked Bo Rai Cho rising to his feet. ``No... it's a pirate!'' they replied and then added ``it was strange he has purple skin and...and pure white eyes. He was wielding two swords, one was a long sword with what appeared to be flesh on it and the other quite short with a pistol built into it and he has teleportation powers.'' ``But we are talking about one person here!'' laughed Bo Rai Cho. ``Come on Zasalamel let find out who is this trouble maker!'' Zasalamel feared that he already knew who it was.

Location: Edenia Royal Palace Grounds.

``Queen Sindel, some people are here to see you, they say it's of great importance...'' said a guardsman in a slightly sarcastic tone. ``Hmmm I see. Well send them in'' replied Sindel. A blond haired man in silver armour with a large sword, a woman with white hair wearing a long brown cloak and another woman in a skin tight blue suit and a face mask walked in and bowed to Sindel. ``You may rise... And please explain your problem quickly'' Sindel sighed. The blond haired man spoke first ``Hello...my name is Siegfried Schtauffen and my allies are Isabella Valentine and Taki: a demon hunter. We explained to one of your friends...Jade was it?'' Isabella nodded ``...that you would be able to help with our problem.'' Sindel grew angry ``Listen I have had word that my daughter is dead and that the single greatest threat to not only our world but every single realm has returned: Onaga! So please explain quickly!'' ``Err, Yes, well we have come from a different time and a legendary sword has arrived in this time. It is called Soul Edge and it is very dangerous.'' Sindel sat forward as Siegfried continued ``It has the power to possess a person's mind and corrupt their own beliefs. They will search for souls for this demonic blade. I was possessed by the blade and once it has a hold on you it will always has a hold on you.'' ``Hmmm, where is the blade now?'' asked Sindel ``Well that's the problem the blade is now using the armour that I wore while I was the Nightmare to move and gather its own source of power to rejuvenate itself. We don't know where it wound up in this time.'' ``Your problem is strange but recently I have heard stranger... Why do you need my expertise?'' asked Sindel. ``We need knowledge of this area and lands'' Taki responded. ``Well one thing that you might have a problem with is the problem with the different realms we have'' said Sindel. ``You will need to find out where the blade is first before I can help you anymore I'm afraid''

They walked out dejected. When a messenger ran through to the throne room ``PRINCESS KITANA IS STILL ALIVE!'' he shouted before passing out for lack of breathe. A look of relief appeared on all of the guardsmen around the hallway. ``Well I suppose that is good'' said Siegfried as they continued walking out of the palace. ``So what do we do now?'' asked Isabella who had remained quiet for a while. ``I suppose we just wait for rumours of a Blue Knight attacking I'm afraid...'' answered Taki.

The end of the prologue, There is going to be a few more characters in this. Expect more one on one character interaction rather than out and out fighting.

Also: The Black Tail Inn was the Inn where Cervantes used to drink and while under the influence of Soul Edge, he raped a bartender and Ivy was conceived.

Author : John Taylor

Creation date: 2006-9-20-17-42

Modification date: 2006-9-20-17-43